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CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Alex Macinnes and Nigel Moniz discuss the procedures to consider in the event of a collision

18th February 2010

Coping with the crash

18th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

For finance opportunities in Europe, the focus is firmly on transport infrastructure development.

17th February 2010

Cash for infrastructure projects

17th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Great improvements have been made in security at major ports worldwide over the last decade, led by implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, says David Hunt, head…

17th February 2010

Port and terminal insurance BOX

17th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Investment opportunities exist, but sources of port finance and investment choices are changing. Patrik Wheater reports

16th February 2010

The new reality

16th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Ports are happy to play it safe when it comes to insurance choices, reports James Brewer

16th February 2010

Port and terminal insurance

16th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Howeverultimately beneficial, a simulator can still represent a significantcost to some ports or operators. However, three ports in Brazil havefound a way to spread the cost.

15th February 2010

Join forces to realise cost savings

15th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Spanish port stevedoring company Sevasa is taking part in theOPTIMUS project, whose aim is to standardise simulation-based trainingused in many European ports by developing, testing and implementing acommon approach on how to…

12th February 2010

Sevasa takes standardising lead

12th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Learning institutions give the usual simulator suspects a run for their money. Alex Hughes reports

11th February 2010

Crane simulator article

11th February 2010

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

As the portfolio of services that ports and terminal operators provide their customers expands, so their risk exposure increases, as Damon Thompson explains

14th December 2009

Expansion into logistics – a risky business

14th December 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Record-breaking terminal deals of yesteryear hang heavy over todays depressed market, Mike King explains

9th December 2009

port finance review

9th December 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The limits of liability set out under the Rotterdam Rules for loss ordamage are 875 SDRs per package or 3 SDRs per kilo, whichever amountis higher.

25th November 2009

The liability limits

25th November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Craig Neame and Matthew Gore explore the new liabilities for terminal operators under the Rotterdam Rules

24th November 2009

THE ROTTERDAM RULES FOR TERMINAL OPERATORS

24th November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The customer is king is a mantra that has suddenly taken on new meaning for crisis-struck port chief executives.

23rd November 2009

Keeping the customers sweet

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Over half of the study participants confirmed that the recession has pushed them to reach out to their customers to more fully and proactively explore their needs, surface and explore underlying the…

23rd November 2009

Crisis soundbites

23rd November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Carly Fields finds that more weight should be given to the psyches of port chief executives in troubled times

20th November 2009

All in the mind

20th November 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Mike Burns, partner in the Marine & Transit Team of Weightmans Solicitors has his own angle on what issues are cooking at the moment, starting with the newly signed Rotterdam Rules.

1st October 2009

The Rules… and unexpected exposures

1st October 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Doing business in new locations can be a legal and financial minefield, as Stevie Knight finds out

30th September 2009

Interesting openings

30th September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The global port market has changed fundamentally from the market it wasin mid-2008. There has been a seismic change in the attitude of bankersto providing both debt finance and capital for new…

30th September 2009

Finance

30th September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The applicable law is the legal system that applies to the contract or standard terms and the applicable jurisdiction is the court system which has power to adjudicate over disputes.

29th September 2009

The laws no ass

29th September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Worldwide, the role of government is increasing. In the US, discussions of infrastructure funding are dominated by conversations about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Stimulus Bill) of 2009.

2nd September 2009

Government funding now the norm

2nd September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The view on the US markets comes from Joe Seliga, a Chicago-based Partner at law giant Mayer Brown, representing CenterPoint Properties in Virginia.

1st September 2009

The US perspective

1st September 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

The business world has witnessed unprecedented collaboration betweencompetitors during the economic downturn that would have seemedunthinkable a few years ago.

19th August 2009

Love thy neighbour

19th August 2009

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

CONCESSIONS & INVESTMENTS

Tentativesigns of recovery are starting to emerge, as Carly Fields finds out

1st August 2009

Clearer skies

1st August 2009